HOW TO SAVE LITERATURE: NEW IDEAS

1.) NATURALISTIC WRITING

Reality. Hyper-reality. Crimes, passion, tragedy.

2.) MULTIDIMENSIONAL WRITING

Fast-changing viewpoints as exhibited in this short story, as experimental as anything by Lance Olsen and the officially designated “avant-garde” experimental crowd. But more fun.

3.) POP FICTION

The peak pop writer, at least in his widely popular Saturday Evening Post stories, was F.Scott Fitzgerald. Fun stories and fun settings with stylish clear writing and the occasional sparkling insight. Always a playful undercurrent of sex. The pop story was quintessentially American.

WHAT WE HAVE

Artistic dead ends.

-K. Wenclas